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I HANGING RACK FOR BROOMS.

No. 305,070. Patented Sept. 16, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. GOODWIN, OF CAMDEN, NEV JERSEY.

HANGING-RACK FOR BROOMS.

.ZSPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,070, datedSeptember 16, 1884.

Application filed February 14, 1884. (lt'o model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. GOODWIN, of Camden, in the county ofCamden and State of New Jersey, have invented. certain new and anduseful Improvements in Hanging-Racks for Brooms; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in hanging-racks for brooms, theobject being to provide a device of this character which shall beadapted to easily and readily receive the brooms and hold them securelyin position. A further object is to provide a support which shall holdthe brooms closelytogether with the handles up and the broom down, andat the same time display them to the best advantage. A further object isto provide a support which shall combine simplicity and economy ofconstruction with durability and efficiency in use; and with these endsin view my invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointedout'in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation ofmyimproved sup port, showing the brooms in position. Fig. 2 in adetached view showing the several parts thereof.

A represents the lower plate of the support,

made of any desired material and of any required dimensions, andprovidedwith a series of perforations, B, of sufficient diameter toallow of the entrance of a broom-handle.

0 represents one of the upper plates, preferably made a little shorterthan the plate A, and provided with perforations D, similar to theperforations B. Above this is located the plate F, similar to the plate0, the perforations G in which are adapted to register with theperforations D in the plate 0. Between the two plates 0 and F fits theelastic band or strip H, provided with the perforations I, somewhatsmaller in diameter than the perforations formed in the said plates andadapted to register therewith. These plates and band are held intheirproper relative positions by the connecting'rods K, adapted to passthrough the ends of said plates, and secured thereto by nuts fitting 0nthe screwthreaded ends of the rods. The top plate of the support isprovided with a hook, L, by

means of which the rack may be hung up. The broom-handles are passed upthrough the perforations B in the lower plate, A, and through theperforations in the plates C F, and through the perforations in theelastic band H, which, being smaller in diameter than the handles of thebrooms, tightly grasp the same and hold them in place. This supportholds the brooms in close proximity, requiring a very small amount ofroom, and can be constructed to hold any number of brooms. By thisconstruction of support a broom may be extracted or entered without thenecessity of disturbing any of the others.

While it is not absolutely necessary to construct the upper portion ofthe rack of two plates, F O, with an intermediate flexible strip, H, yetI prefer such an arrangement; but it is evident that a single platewiththe flexible strip either above or below the same would answer the samepurpose.

The device is exceedingly simple in construction, is durableandefficient in use, and can be manufactured at a small initial cost.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, :is

1. In a hanging-rack for brooms, the combination, with upper and lowerplates, each having a series of openings therein, and intermediate rodsconnecting said plates, of an elastic strip secured to said upper plateand provided with a series of openings smaller than the openings in theupper plate and registering therewith.

2. In a hanging-rack for brooms, the combination, with the upper plateshaving openings therein, and an intermediate flexible strip havingopenings slightly smaller than the openings in the upper plates, andregistering with the openings in said plate, of the lower plate and theconnecting-rods, all of the above parts arranged as set forth.

3. The combination, with the plate A, of the plates 0 and F, elasticband H, and rods K, all of the above parts combined and adapted tooperate substantially as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS A. GOODWIN.

Witnesses:

JAMEs'M. CASSADY, T. F. BOARDMAN.

